Citreon C3

[Bailes1992]

I picked up a C3 for the other half last weekend.

It's a 2006 1.4 Desire. 111k on the clock and picked it up for £1,200.





I bought it with no service history, got it home and found a folder under the boot floor full of receipts totaling thousands of pounds including a receipt for a full top end rebuild a little under 12 months ago.

So I gave it a full service, a new rocker cover gasket and replaced the front brakes yesterday.
The only brakes were rather worn and the discs badly warped.



Someone got their moneys worth out of these pads!


The spark plugs were a nice shade of brown which is always a reassuring sign!


I stuck a double din radio in. A bit nerve racking having to take a hacksaw to the dash, but it all went well!


And I replaced the door speakers too!
The old speakers were rivited in so I drilled the rivets out, tapped an M4 thread and used brass pan head screws with a bit of threadlock to hold the new speakers in!






Meanwhile my missus decided the KA was too cold for the cat and put the livingroom mat on the car. 


Once I've finished tidying up the KA and get it sold the C3 will be getting a set of 206 GTi wheels, uprated shocks, lowering springs and a strut brace to make it handle a bit less boat like and I may look into some aftermarket cams to give it a little more go.

It's nice to have a PSA car back in the house though!